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Peter Lanyon
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
- Peter Lanyon
- Texas 63 (Violet)
- signed on the backboard
- gouache
- 25 by 35.5cm.; 9¾ by 14in.
- Executed in 1963.
Provenance
New Art Centre, London
Acquired by the Wills Lane Gallery, St Ives, March 1985
Private Collection, UK
Acquired by the Wills Lane Gallery, St Ives, March 1985
Private Collection, UK
Exhibited
London, New Art Centre, Peter Lanyon, 15th January - 8th February 1975, un-numbered exhibition, illustrated.
Condition
Unexamined out of frame.
The sheet appears at least partially laid down to a backing card at all four corners. There are pin holes visible to the top and bottom rightcorners, with a further tiny nick to the extreme edge in the red pigment in the bottom left edge, only visible upon extremely close inspection.
There are minor spots of very light staining, with one or two tiny spots of possible foxing to the unpainted areas of the sheet as well as a tiny spot in the upper left corner, but this excepting the work appears in very good overall condition.
Housed behind glass, float-mounted against a cream backing card and set within a silver metal frame.
Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
In March 1963 Lanyon was visiting-painter at the ‘San Antonio Art Institute’. During his four week stay in Texas he visited Piedras Negras and Mexico. This one-month visit was a very significant factor contributing to the more exuberant and highly coloured work produced over the last two years of his painting.
We are grateful to Martin Lanyon for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.